The ‘Safer’ Plastics Designed to Replace BPA May Be Just as Bad for You: What’s in Your Water Bottle?
Kendra Pierre-Louis A chemical called BHPF—found in some Ê»BPA-Freeʼ plastics—may cause harmful outcomes in mice, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. … In recent years, BHPF has shown up in all sorts of adhesives and plastic materials—everywhere from the aerospace and automobile industry to coatings used to protect floors. … Because BPA […]
The Severity of Autism is Associated with Toxic Metal Body Burden and Red Blood Cell Glutathione Levels
J. B. Adams et al. This study investigates the possible relationship of the severity of autism to the relative body burden of toxic metals. … The various correlation analyses found that overall there were multiple positive correlations between the severity of autism and the urinary excretion of some toxic metals (both before and after taking […]
Living in the “Plasticene”: The Plastic Age
Anthony Jay Plastic has become part of modernity’s make-up (literally). Scientific discoveries relating to plastics have earned a number of Nobel Prizes. Plastic permeates our culture, our personal care products, our environment and our awards. But do plastics adversely affect our health? … Let’s start with bisphenol A (BPA). A 2012 article in the Journal […]
Every Stage of Plastic Production and Use is Harming Human Health
Tatum McConnell New report recommends the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty significantly reduce plastic use through aggressive bans and caps, and closer examination of toxic ingredients. Plastic production is on track to triple by 2050, a potential influx of hazardous materials that the Earth and humans can’t handle, according to a new report from the […]
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Ketchup, Mayo, Other Common Foods
Beyond Pesticides Highly hazardous PFAS, or per- and poly-uoroalkyl substances, are leaching out of plastic containers and contaminating food products, according to research published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters this month. The data con rm the results of prior research focused on the propensity of PFAS to contaminate various pesticide products through storage containers.
Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
Center for Science in the Public Interest Food dyes, synthesized originally from coal tar and now petroleum, have long been controversial. Many dyes have been banned because of their adverse effects on laboratory animals. This report nds that many of the nine currently approved dyes raise health concerns. … Almost all the toxicological studies on […]
Blueberries Back on the Dirty Dozenâ„¢, with Traces of Several Toxic Pesticides
EWG … Compared to the last time blueberries were tested, in 2014, more samples had detectable residues. Tests of 765 non-organic blueberry samples collected in 2020 and 2021 found more than 90 percent had pesticide residues, up from 81 percent with detectable residues in 2014. There were other worrying findings: The most troubling pesticides are […]
How Glyphosate Destroys Your Health
Joseph Mercola Glyphosate is a very efficient metal chelator. This, in turn, disrupts your gut microbes because it makes minerals unavailable to the microbes. Your gut microbes need those minerals, as their enzymes depend on them for proper functioning. There’s a strong correlation between the rise in celiac disease over time and the rise in […]
